GRE Word List
ROUSING
giving rise to excitement : stirring
The meaning of the word rousing is giving rise to excitement : stirring.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| nib | bill |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| brazen | made of brass |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |